Nembrotha rutilans

July 2, 1999
From: Bill Rudman


Note added 4 March 2008: Following Pola et al (2008) the name N. rutilans has been replaced by Nembrotha purpureolineata [see message #21419].

This species was unfortunately named by Pruvot-Fol on the basis of a painting in a book by William Saville-Kent, (1893) entitled "The Great Barrier Reef of Australia". (Colour Plate 13, fig. 9 - Ancula sp.. The species can only be identified from the colour painting. The animal in the painting has almost identical markings to the Broadhurst Reef photo here. The major differences are that in the painting the background colour is all yellow, rather than white with a diffuse yellow edge. The gills in the painting are characteristically large as in the photos shown here. Another "species" with very similar colour is Nembrotha purpureolineata which was first described from Western Australia.

Upper: Broadhurst Reef, Townsville, Queensland, September 1974. Photo: Ian Loch. Lower: Fly Point, Port Stephens, central New South Wales, Australia, July 1990. Approx 120 mm long. Photo: Bill Rudman.

  • Pruvot-Fol, A. (1931). Note 10. Nudibranches Australiens figures par Saville Kent. Bull. Mus. Nat. hist. nat. Paris, 2(3): 754-755.

Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Jul 2) Nembrotha rutilans. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21418

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